Weather-strip.



WEATHER-STRIP.

No. 800,34a

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

' Application led November 29, 1904. Serial No. 234,765.v -v

` To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VAN HORN, a citizen of the United States, residing atPiqua, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in weather-strips; vand the main feature of the invention resides in the provision of means of this type having desirable non-binding qualities and at the same time comprised of a structure having acertain amount of cushion action or eect in preventing rattling of the window O'licllie part to which the invention may -be app 1e Further, the invention resides in the provision of special means whereby the weatherstrip may be quickly and easily applied to the window structure, if it be in this capacity, the above constituting an essential and important feature of the invention. A

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and' also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to different forms and conditions by changes in the structure and minor details without departing from the spirit or 'essential features thereof, still some of the preferred embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a broken sectional view showing the preferred embodiment of the invention. Fig. 2 is a broken perspective view bringing out more clearly the construction of the parts of the strip. Fig. 3 is a broken sectional View illustrating a modified application of the invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

, The invention is shown as when used in connection with windows, and in the drawings the numeral 1 designates the window-jamb.' 2 the parting-strip, and 3 the usual stop-strips holding the window-sash 4 of the window in place. In its preferred contemplation the weatherstrip comprises a body folded upon itself to form spaced sides 5 and 5, and extending from the sides 5 of the strip at an angle thereto is a iange 6. The flange 6 is folded longi- 4 tudinally of the edge portion to form a foldor second flange 6, the purpose of which will be seen more clearly hereinafter: The windowy .window in the runway of the sash 4 adjacent.

Each strip or plate 8 is -secured by meansof a suitable number of fastenings 9, as. shown in Fig. 1, and one edge .portion of the strip 8 is preferablyreceived between the adjacent stop 3 and the jamb 1. The' other edge portion of the strip 8 is received in the longitudinal fold of flange portion 6 of the weather-strip when thel base-strip 8 is in place. The same serves to hold the weather-s trip in proper position,with the body thereof inthe slot or recess 7 of the adjacent sash 4. In other words, the strip 8 clamps the weather-strip in place, and the fastenings 9 of said strip 8 are so located that the weather-strip overlaps or coverssaid fastenings in such a manner that the sash 4 cannot come into contact with the fastenings. The sides 5 Yand 53L of the weather strip being spaced form a cushioning means orl resilient bearing, which readily' takes up any lateral play or motion of the window in a manner which will be very clear. v

From the foregoing it will be noted that the securing means for the weather-strip is such that the latter may be readily detached when it is not desired to use the same, since by a sliding perpendicular movement the weather-strip can be readily and quickly disengaged from the base-strip 8, with which it is interlocked by means of the part 6. The base-strip 8 may be left in the runway of the sash 4 when the weather-strip has been removed and will not IUO Fig. 3 of the drawings illustrates a modiiication of the invention, and in this structure instead of providing the interlocking member upon the weather-strip the base-strip 8 is formed with a longitudinal fold or flange 8a i at one edge thereof, and this flange receives a flange 10, projecting from one of the sides of the body of the weather-strip. The weatherstrip in Fig. 3 also covers the fastenings of the base-strip 8. A second flange 11 extends from the side of the body of the weather-strip opposite thatfrom which the flange l0 extends, and said Hange 11 may contact with the fold or flange 8l of the base-strip in limiting the movement of the side 5a of the weather-strip.

Having thns described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. In combination, the window-frame l, the sash 4l provided with the recess 7 in a side thereof, the base-strip 8 in the runway of the frame l, the weatherstrip composed of a body folded upon itself to form spaced sides extending at an angle to the base-strip 8 and received in the recess 7 of the sash 4, the flange projected from the body aforesaid, and interlocking means between said flange and the base-strip 8.

2. In combination with a window-frame and sash mounted therein, a weather-strip having the body thereof folded to form spaced sides, a flange projecting outwardly from one of the sides of the strip, a base-strip applied to the window-frame, and interlocking means between the flange of the weather-strip and the base-strip aforesaid.

3. I n combination with a \\"indowf1an1eand sash mounted therein and having a longitudinal slot or recess in a side thereof, a base-strip Secured to the window-frame in the runwa)v of the sash aforesaid, a weather-strip coni prising a body folded upon itself to forni spaced sides received in the recess of the slot of the sash, a flange projecting from one of the sides of the body of the weather-strip and bent upon itself to form a fold interlocking with the base-strip aforesaid, and lasiienings for the base-strip covered and overlapped by the weather-strip aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM VAN HORN. Witnesses:

C. B. JAMIsoN, FLORENCE HUNTER. 

